Two teachers from Vadodara bag CBSE’s national award for 2017-18

TNN | Updated: Sep 8, 2018, 11:47 IST

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VADODARA: Two city-based teachers are amongst 37 teachers from across the country who were awarded the CBSE award to teachers for the year 2017-18 by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Dr Deepak Mahakul and Smita Debata are the only two teachers from Gujarat who have been conferred the CBSE award this year.

Recipient of many national awards, including the Lalit Kala Academy Award, Mahakul, who had recently bagged a national award from the National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi, is a visual art director at Navrachana Higher Secondary School.

A certified Microsoft innovator educator expert, heritage art and graphic designer, Mahakul has designed, developed and implemented computer based art education package for class IX students. He has contributed his ideas in different national seminars on integration of ICT in art education for sustainable learning.

Debata, who has been teaching science since 2005, presently works with the Cygnus World School. While teaching, she tries to cater to all types of learners. Most of her lessons are a blend of various types of activities like board games, skits, role plays, presentations, field visits, stories, songs among others that stimulate all the senses of the learners and keep them active and alert. She trains teachers in ERP system, planning and designing mathematics workbooks for classes VI to VIII.

The duo were felicitated by the minister of state for human resource development Upendra Kushwaha at New Delhi during a function where a total of 37 teachers and principals from CBSE affiliated schools were felicitated for their contribution to the field of education and innovations in classroom teaching for the year 2017-18 on Thursday.

In a significant departure from the earlier practice which was manual, CBSE for the first time had invited online applications from the principals and teachers for CBSE awards 2017-2018. This year, a total of 1,276 teachers from across the country had applied for the awards out of which 37 were finalized for the award. Each award consists of a merit certificate, a shawl and a cash prize of Rs 50,000.

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